Decorah High School - Viking Yearbook (Decorah, IA)

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Hancer's lighting five played a balanced season with a total of 8 wins tion. In all, it was an exciting season with Wally Grant finishing as of the student-faculty game, where wired baskets almost foiled the Three letterinen from the 1943-44 squad answered l'oach A. l . Hain-er's call for bas- ketball prospects. Al was counting heavily on these three seniors, -loe Fjelstad. guard. Homer Taylor. and Wally Grant. forwards. to lead the Vikings through a tough 15-game schedule. The other two positions were filled by Don Roseth, guard, and 6' 6 Dave Nelson, center. Howard Dernatz and Derwin Tufte Top: llill'1ll0I1y game Bottom: Fresco game proved to be valuable substitutes at forward while John Uarlsen was chief handyman for the guard position. Decorah 31 --Lime Springs 16 The Vikings played their traditional open- ing game with Lime Springs. The game was ,slow and was marred by poor ball-handling. but the Vikings dominated play throughout. YVally Grant was high score man with 14 points. Decorah 14-Waverly 18 The Decorah Vikings opened their confer- ence season here by playing the 1944 State Champion Waverly Go-Hawks. Both teams had trouble scoring, but the final gun found the Hancermen on the short end of an 18-14 score. Joe Fjelstad was high man. Decorah 20-Harmony 19 Decorah entertained the Harmony boys and came out the victor in a hard fought bat- tle. The game was close, with the Vikings pulling up in the last quarter. With one- fourth of a minute to go, Roseth sank a free throw to spell victory for the Vikings. Decorah 14-West Union 27 Decorah lost its second game of the season to the VVest llnion Bombers in a non-eon- ference tilt. Coach Hancer inserted -lohn Carlsen, second team guard, into the center position, but he didn't have the experience or height to match the 1Vest ilnion center. The team. however. had trouble solving the West Union zone defense on the Bombers' small fioor. Decorah 22-New Hampton 16 The Hancermen gained their first confer- ence victory of the season by defeating the New Hampton Chicks on their floor. After surging into a 12-8 half-time lead we were able to light the Chicks o11 even terms to come out the winners by the score of 22-16. -loe Fjelstad scored 9 points for Decorah. Decorah 22 - Oelwein 45 Oelwein defeated Decorah in a conference game on the home floor. The Huskie team played good ball. with their star. .lack Rice, sinking 21 points. Dave Nelson led the De- corah eagers with 6 points. Decorah 25-Waukon 19 The Vikings played host to the NVaukon

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ind 8 losses. The jumping, jittery scoreboard held eUeryone's atten- lzigh point man. The season was officially ended with the playing efforts of the students, but they finally won by a wide margin. lIlllltlllN in a elose non-eonll-renee game. 'l'ay- lor starrefl lor lleeohlll with ll points. Decorah 16-Cresco 22 final gun. Decorah 22- Oelwein 42 1M.,,,.Hi, S i,,m.,.,.,f ,pals wan, thrx yil.f4,,.s 0elwein's reserve power was too nnieh l'or in a eontest longht on the Spartan tloor. lloor hall-hanillnig' was lJeeorah's inain cliffienlty. llomer Taylor anml Dave Nelson starred for lleeorah, eaeh making 5 points. Decorah 20-New Hampton 30 Decorah in a rng'g'ecl eontest on the Huskies' floor. NVhen four Viking' regulars fouled out. the Huskies t'org-ecl ahead. This game was marred by 52 fouls as eaeh team made 26 niisplays. u Decorah 22 - Osage 25 lleeorah lost a return niateh with the Yew llalnpton Vhnlvs. .X eonl'erenee glilllllx, it was a haul loneht hitth 'l'ayloi w ,. 1 . Vikings with H points. Decorah 27-Waukon 25 lleeorah won a rough anil tlnnble retnrn niateh with Wankon. Wally llrant was high point man l'or lleeorah with ll markers. Decorah 37- Cresco 19 lleeorah hit its seoring' st ritle to completely overpower its rival, Vreseo. in a eont'erenee tilt. llave Nelson was the Viking' star as he P seorecl lL points. Decorah 47-West Union 28 'l'he Yilcings. playing' a gooil game. graineil revenge l'or an earlier ilefeat by rolling' over the llonibers 47-28, llrahbing' a quiek leail. the Vikings were never heaileml. liearling' at Basketball Squad A ln a slow game at Usage, the Vikings. playing' listless ball, were beaten 25 to 22. Usage leil by a witle margin, until the final quarter. when the Viking-s spnrteil from 12- 23 to 22-25. This was the final eonferenee game giving' the Ilaneerinen a reeorml ot' 2 vietories and ti ilefeats. Decorah 38-Charles City 32 Playingl their best game of the year. the Vikings nlefeateil the highly rated Comets. Deeorah, grabbing' an early lead. played line ball both offensively and defensively. Grant leil the Haneerinen with 13 points. Decorah 21-West Waterloo 35 lleeorah was 0llllllll2lil'tl by West Waterloo at the ilistriet tonrnanient at l'e1lar Falls. XVest Waterloo, playing' a fire-wagon brand ol' ball, kept Decorah from seoring. ' 'as high lor the Bottom ROW: llownril liernatz. NVally Grant, Joe l ,ii-lstail, llnviil Nelson. Don Roseth, llolner Taylor, lberwin Tulle, Second ROW: Uoaeh llaneer, llnrlan Eugen, lmvisl llexoni, John Carlsen, liilwin l'eek, Lynn Urowell. Robert Saxvik, George Kjoxne. Third ROW: Clare Seholles, Howard Woxneldorf, Keith Knorr, Melvin Halverson. Fourth Row: Kletus Hood, Charles Eugen, llurry Ray, Hill Rei:-how, Purnell Rude, David Fadness. the halt. they inereaseil the seore nntil the